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T-. GARRI OK. HOUSEHOLD IMPLEMENT.

N0. 91,839. Patented June 29, 1-869.

timed fitatw THOMAS GARRlCK, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

Lam Patent No. 91,839, dated June 29, 1869- IMPROVEMENT INHOUSEHOLD-IMPLEMENT.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making pan: of thename To all whom it may concern:

Be it; known that I, THOMAS GARRICK, of Providence, in the county ofProvidence, and State of Rhode Island, have invented en ImprovedCombination-Tongs; and do hereby declare that the following is a fulland exact description, reference being bad to the accompanyingdrawings,-ma-king partof this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in a. tongs in two pieces, so shapedand arranged as to be an ad- 1 justeble-jawed wrench, a. screw-driver,a. hammer, a.

scraper, a tack-puller, a.- 1'1ut-crecker, a, stove-cover lifter, and agas-burner tongs. I also claim a. combination of teeth, or rack .on oneleg, with a slot on the other, for the purpose of holding the wrench ortongsjaws at any point where they may be set.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use ny invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation.

Figure 1 represents a side View, and Figure 2, a top view of thecombination-tongs.

a. a, adjustable jaws of wrench.

b, screw-driver.

c, hammer.

d, scraper.

e, tack-puller.

ff, nut-cracker.-

.g, stove-cover. lifter.

h h, gas-burner tongs.

c i, rack and slot.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-- A combination adjustable wrench, nutcracker, scraper, hammer,screw-driver, stove-cover lifter, tackpuller, and gas-burner tongs; andalso the combination of a rack, or teeth upon one leg, with a, slot inthe other, for the purpose of holding the wrench-jaws at any point wherethey may be set, substantially as described.

THOMAS GARRIOK.

Witnesses: Y

-J 01am D. TmmsToN, Oms. l W. GREENE.

